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‘We Just Don’t Want To Become Obvious’: Arthur Smith Details His Use Of Pistol Formation

This goes without saying if you watched the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense over the last few years, but they were painfully predictable. Matt Canada had a very limited playbook and those watching at home could usually guess what the upcoming play would be before it happened. If the fans at home could do that, then imagine how easy it must have been for opposing defenses. New offensive coordinator Arthur Smith wants to change that.

“We just don’t want to become obvious, right?” Smith said in a video posted by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on YouTube. “So every time this guy’s in here, in this formation, we’re only doing that.